Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Verify users from Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute is a member of UK federation, one of the national research and education federations that share academic identity providers through eduGAIN. That means you can verify a user's affiliation with Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute by having them sign in with their Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
- Persistent identifiers
- No
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Federation
- UK federation
Institution details
- Organization
- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
- Description
- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Website
- http://www.sanger.ac.uk/
- SAML Entity ID
https://idp.sanger.ac.uk/idp/shibboleth- Federation
- UK federation
SAML capabilities
Capabilities are read from the institution's SAML metadata. An advertised format is what the IdP declares it supports — not a guarantee of what every login returns.
- support
- technical
- technical
- technical
- http://refeds.org/metadata/contactType/security
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute?
Yes. Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute participates in UK federation, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute support persistent identifiers?
Not necessarily. Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute does not advertise a NameID format, so identifiers are likely to be transient (per-login). authIdentifier may be null — you can still confirm which institution the user logged in from via entityId.
Which country is Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in?
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute is located in United Kingdom.
How do I verify students from Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute?
Create a verification session via POST /v2/auth/verification, redirect the user to the returned link, and poll GET /v2/auth/verification/{id} after they authenticate at Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
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